Sentences with phrase «of amending the state constitution»

The process of amending the state Constitution is cumbersome and takes several years: two successively elected crops of lawmakers have to pass a measure that must then be ratified by voters during a November election.

Gambling Industry Donates Millions to New York Politicians As Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature discuss the process of amending the State Constitution to allow up to seven new full - scale, privately owned casinos in New York, the gambling industry is funneling millions of dollars into lobbying efforts and campaign war chests.

Our aim is to educate and engage voters on this important issue, and to encourage a civic conversation about the opportunities and hazards of amending the state constitution this way.

Not exact matches

(And this is the provision of the Constitution most difficult to amend since no state can be deprived of equal representation without its consent.)

Instead, they set their sights on a court fight with Proposition 8, whereby a majority of voting Californians had amended their state constitution to undo a judicial decision that had found a never before seen right to gay marriage.

After both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for acceptance of same - sex marriage over the weekend, North Carolina became the 30th state to amend its constitution to define marriage as an act between one man and one woman.

In the Constitution, before it was amended, a black slave counted as 3/5 of a person in determining how many representatives a state would have in Congress.

Heastie also backed out of a budget deadline deal to pass a bill that would have started the process of amending the constitution to prevent state convicts like Silver from collecting their pensions.

«This action by the deputy governor and the state police authorities is contrary to both section 39 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) and article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Nigeria is a state party.»

Even though the Article V Convention process has never been used to amend the Constitution, the number of states applying for a convention has nearly reached the required threshold several times.

Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks has been doing this thing called wolfPAC for the last few years, trying to get the USA states to call for a article 5 convention in order to amend the constitution to forbid the kind of political bribes we see thrown around today.

They could amend the constitution, which requires the president, congress, and the majority of states to agree on, and also requires a lot of time - constitutional amendments can drag on for decades, as each state sets its own timetable on ratification.

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They are inextricably linked, given the full weight of the requirements to amend the Constitution in accordance with Article V. 3/4 of the States would have to ratify any amendment.

«For this to apply to officials who entered the retirement system before enactment of the pension forfeiture law in 2011, we need to adopt a resolution amending the State Constitution.

A November ballot proposition would amend the state constitution to allow judges to reduce or revoke a pension of a public official convicted of a felony related to his or her duties.

To create a Senior Minister's post amends the constitution and Mr. President would be breaching the very oath of office that is the basis of your authority as Head of State.

Its Committee on Basic Education, which investigated the controversial tenure extension, stated that the President had no power under the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to extend the tenure of a permanent secretary, who had served out her full service length and retired in February, 2016.

Every 20 years, the Constitutional Convention affords the citizens of New York an opportunity to vote to make major amends or revisions to the State's Constitution.

Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York, spoke Wednesday at a news conference about amending the state constitution.

Jack Martins, the GOP candidate for Nassau County executive, on Thursday pressed for passage of a November ballot proposition to amend the state constitution to allow judges to revoke pensions of elected officials convicted of corruption.

In 2017 Assemblymember Steve Englebright and Senator David Carlucci introduced legislation (A. 6279 and S. 5287) to amend the constitution to guarantee the citizens of the state have environmental rights.

This year, voters will decide whether to amend the state's constitution to ban elected officials convicted of a felony from collecting a state pension.

Sections 69 and 110 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 116 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) empowers INEC to conduct Recall proceedings against a member of the National Assembly, State House of Assembly, or the Area Council of the FCT, upon the receipt of a valid petition alleging a loss of confidence in the member, by more than 50 % of voters registered to vote in that member's constituency.

And he says, in answer to reporters» questions, the Assembly still wants to enact the pension reforms, but simply got bogged down on details required to amend the state's constitution, which requires the vote of two concurrently elected legislatures.

Question of whether to hold convention to amend State Constitution will be on the ballot this November

«In the same corollary, the position of Lagos State on restructuring remains the same as stipulated in the manifesto of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, which states that «The APC shall initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit&rstates that «The APC shall initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit&rStates and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit».

Speaking at the unveiling of the statue, located on Obafemi Awolowo Way by the Lagos Television (LTV) junction in Ikeja, governor Ambode said the party's position, as stipulated in its manifesto, seeks to amend the Nigeria Constitution with a view to devolving powers to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit and that the State supports the restructuring committee of the party going round the country to achieve same.

«The state would need to amend the constitution, which means it would take a couple of years at a minimum.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

In the medium to long term, we must amend the law and constitution to strengthen Parliament's ability to oversight the executive (in order to promote effective checks and balances); inject meritocratic selection and fiduciary accountability into the governance of the state corporate sector; and allow for popular election of district mayors to promote local government decentralization and effectiveness.

The letter stated in part: «In compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), I write to intimate that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday, 21st August, 2017, after my medical follow - up in the United Kingdom.»

«Article III, § 5 of the State Constitution, reads, in part, «An apportionment by the legislature, or other body, (emphasis added) shall be subject to review by the supreme court... (Amended by vote of the people November 6, 1945.)»

They found that 71 % of respondents knew that Governor Cuomo and Albany lawmakers were considering amending the state constitution in order to allow the legalization of casino gambling.

Amending the State Constitution requires approval of two successively elected crops of legislators as well as others in a statewide referendum.

Proposition 106 would amend the Arizona Constitution to establish an appointed Redistricting Commission to redraw the boundaries for Arizona's legislative districts (for the members of the Arizona Legislature) and to redraw the boundaries for the Congressional Districts (for Arizona's members of the United States Congress).

-- Legislators would amend the State Constitution to strip the pensions of state lawmakers who are convicted of crimes, even if they've already been serving in ofState Constitution to strip the pensions of state lawmakers who are convicted of crimes, even if they've already been serving in ofstate lawmakers who are convicted of crimes, even if they've already been serving in office.

The question was settled at the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801, which amended the Constitution, giving the right of nomination to the governor and each one of the Council members concurrently.

A government ethics reform bill, jointly passed by the state Legislature Monday for a second time, amends the state constitution and allows the state to reduce or revoke the pension of a public officer that has been convicted of a crime related to his or her official duties.

An official convicted of public corruption will forfeit his or her pension — a process that requires amending the state constitution.

«Article VII section 3 of the New York State Constitution empowers the Governor to submit bills amending portions of the budget bills within 30 days after his budget is submitted.»

Errol Louis: «I plan to vote yes on this fall's referendum question about whether New York should hold an official constitutional convention to amend some badly outdated parts of the state Constitution.

As part of the state's constitution, New York voters get to decide every 20 years whether the state should hold a constitutional convention to rewrite or amend the state's constitution.

While Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Barack Obama stated that while he personally considered marriage to be between a man and woman, [100] and supported civil unions that confer comparable rights rather than gay marriage, [101] he opposed «divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution... the U.S. Constitution or those of other states».

The State Constitution prohibits other forms of commercial gambling, and amending the Constitution would be the biggest roadblock.

He explained that since the Ekiti State governor's tenure and his counterpart's in Osun State will expire on 15th October and 26th November 2018 respectively, Section 178 (2) of the country's 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 25 (8) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) had stipulated that election into the office of governor should be held not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last holder.

«SERAP notes that the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (as amended) and UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a state party prohibit conflict of interests and set ethical standards for public officers.

A 2015 agreement to amend the state's constitution to take away the pensions of lawmakers convicted of felonies passed in the Senate, but still has not been approved in the Assembly.

It's quite clear achieving Klein's vision would require changes to the Senate rules, and then there's the little problem of the state Constitution, which isn't so easily amended.

Lawmakers announced plans after Silver's indictment in January to amend the State Constitution to strip pensions from a lawmaker «convicted of a felony related to public office,» retroactive to 1940.